In an effort to clean up some of the clickbait shitstorm he stirred, Levine farted out another tweet a few hours later that really failed the sniff test:Īdding on this: I was told by a source that current interest in Adam Ottavino extends beyond Red Sox, White Sox, and Rockies to include multiple other clubs. The money (for argument’s sake, $30 million per year) is there, just not the long-term commitment. His take, amidst all the breathless logging of hours the White Sox have spent with either FA candidate, is that the White Sox haven’t offered 10 years. In contrast to his tweet, Levine’s column is not all that damning. When Passan’s premise got some traction on Twitter, Levine’s initial tweet seemed to - and his column later specifically contradicted - Passan’s notion. Harper’s willingness to wait for a contract he deems suitable is real, according to a source who said he could see Harper’s free agency stretching into February. The Phillies and White Sox are the other two teams known to be willing to guarantee Harper the decade-plus-long deal he and Machado, each 26 years old, are seeking. Harper has met multiple times with representatives of the Washington Nationals, according to a club source, and the possibility of a return to the place he spent the first seven years of his career persists, despite Nationals owner Mark Lerner’s insistence that Washington would not stretch beyond the $300 million offer Harper rejected near season’s end. The report came on the heels of newest ESPN catch Jeff Passan’s assertion/assumption that the White Sox are willing to meet the upper reaches of Bryce Harper or Manny Machado’s contract demands, in a debut column taking on the free agency clog created by the concrete-footed effect of the Harpchado delays: Wh Sox will not be giving offer of more than 7 years for either player.- Bruce Levine January 2, 2019 Reports of the White Sox offering ten plus years for Manny Machado or Bryce Harper are ”Without any substance and flat out wrong “ according to high ranking industry sources.
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